Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

a. al TO 0OvefLl6e Ibis camp. bOCte Is
talked of a great deal in all railroad circles.
Take the Chicago & Northwestern, for in
stance. That road 10 Fastening across
Idaho and put in it's bid for t~ranscontinen.
tai ira fife; and that might seem to be ite
chief ambition, ju,t now, but it is not. The
directors talk as much about Butte rs they
do OF the Pacific. and it will not be long be.
fore they have parties OF engineers laying q
line by the shortest practicable route to
this camp"
"Have you any idea what route they are
likely to select ?" asked the reporter.
Well. yes. Idon't suppose the company
care to show their hand just yet, but il
you don't. mention my name I will tell you
what l know about it. You see they are
now operating the Pierre branch to the
Missouri River. 1t was formerly the inten-
ton OF the company to extend that branch
to the Black Hills only, but for the last
three years they have been figuring on
pushing it through to Western Montana,
Butte being the main objective point. Since
the completion OF tho Northern Pacific the
great increase in the output of wealth
from this camp has decided them. The
Missouri will be bridged at Pierre, and the
line pushed West, skirtine the Black Hills
on the north and connecting with the Chad
ron and Rapid City branch. it will enter
Montana near S%toneville, in the southe. st
corner, thence northwestern to Fl. Custer,
where it will cross the Big
Horn; and will connect there with
it's Fort Fetterman and Buffalo branch.
It will probably cross the Yellowstone
about tho mouth OF Razor Creek, and follow
lip that creek in crossing to the Musselshell,
which it will traverse to it's head. either by
the North Fork and through White SULPHUR
Springs to Townsend or by the South Fork
and down Sixteen Mile Creek to Tosten,
with q loop taking in White Sulphur
Springs and Castle Mountain dis
trict. They will get across to
Butte from Townsend or Tosten. and
they claim ti'at they will shorten the dis.
lance from Butte to Chicago by about $50
miles. This line will not stop at Butte, but
will push up the Big Hole and Pioneer
Creek to Big Hole Pass, connecting with
the Oregon Pacific in Idaho. There
il no doubt about the feasibility of this
line, md you will see that when it is built
the Chicago IL Northwestern will really
have two trapscontinental lines; the Free
mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, which is
cutting across through Wyoming, and the
Northern extension across Montana, con-
verging somewhere about Boise City. These
lines, with their connecting branches run
ming north and south, will gridiron
tho whole country from the
Black Hills to Boise, TAX.
ing in every important mining region be.
tween those points, and several oil basins
in Wyoming. They viii! also corral q large
share Of tie range stock shipments.
and will compete with the Mani
toba for tn" North Montana
e,ot yso ~u:sI, ~ .h-oE,. Ero T., (1:-.-o H.,
running a branch from the Musselshell to
big railroad corporations have learned
from the Northern Pacific.
When that road was completed croakers
said it was built twenty years too soon,
inc would be operated at a loss for that
time, but what was the result? Why the
marvellous effects OF cheap transportation.
In developing the of the wilder
ness it traversed, built up q profitable
traffic within two years, and trebled the
of Montana in q little more
than that time. l took = run over the line
in 1881. when 1t was just entering Montana.
at that time there was not even q village
in a distance of 225 miles between the
Missouri and the Yellowstone, and there
wss a mighty slim population between Bis
marck and Fargo. I tell you the change
"OIACN w Vu1U JOAu j llOGI0 60OrG OI Tue
marvellous, and the traffic developed in the
sections has opened the eyes
OF the other corporations. You can Just
put it down that the future picnic ground
Of the Chicago q Northwestern, the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Burlington
and several other big combinations. is the
mountain country from the Black Hills to
Snake River, and the par
center Of attraction for
all these roads is the City of Butte
which offers them q very large and rapidly
increasing business to compete for. In q
very few years this camp will DO just like
q mammoth octopus, with it's ~tsnacles
all surrounding camps for hun.
dreds OF miles,"
What do you thiuk will be the future
cteristics of this camp7"
1T will be first, last. and all the time,
one OF the greatest If not the greatest min
ing and smelling center in the world. This
mineral that will hold out, as other mines
have, for centuries, and the output will in
crease, instead Of decrease, with time. But
If all the leads in the immediate
were to pinch it, the growth OF this
city would not be checked. For all prac-
teal purposes the mineral in all the noun
ta;ns in several counties will belong to this
camp, and with the quantities Of galena
ores that will soon be run in by rail,
he reduction Of the dry ores OF
camp will be more thorough and
profitable than is nov possible. You do
not need water power. for you will soon
have coal delivered at So to 81 q ton. and
that will furnish motive power. Den yer
has no water power, and 10 not noarly SO
|avorab'y situated in relation to the ore
deposits as Butte is. and yet she is a good
Zeal OF q smelling camp. Yes. Denver is a
mercantile center: too. and 80 will Butte
)e. With the facilities for transportation
hat are coming on every side. bringing |
Ter into close Communication with every !
OF the West, she can't help herself. |
the merchants already es-
here don't look aft r
hat part of her destiny, Others
will. l know OF more than one large
Chicago house that is contemplating the
establishment of Il branch house here, to |
10 jobbins exclusively. There is sufficient
population in Butte and its suburbs to
urnish a profitable trade to several first.
lass wholesale houses. that will be con.
ent with the lively sixpence, and do bust
'ess on a legitimate scale OF profits. When
UGH houses are established, and tho old
high percentages abolished, as they
'lA U0 very 6OOu, Cuero Will De no l00uCe. |
nent Tor retailers to visit the Eastern mar.
cts. They will save time and money BY
purchasing from the home dealers, and the
ome dealers, knowing their trade and
heir customers. al control the trade Of
bis country if they come down
o business principles. II Butte wakes
p and looks to her interests
he will in time supply every retailer be.
ween the Rockies and the Bitter Roots,
nd control q large proportion Of the trade
+ the north half OF Idaho. You mark
~ words, young man. ,vhst hare told
IL tsue, every word Gilt. $ts stay hy
10 camp Ter tss Ysars mad yan VII es,
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